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Coincidentally, I tried to do my own brakes when we lived in Somerville, but finding a place to do the work was a big problem. I ended up driving out to a frien
by lutorm 11y ago
Coincidentally, I tried to do my own brakes when we lived in Somerville, but finding a place to do the work was a big problem. I ended up driving out to a friend on a farm out by Concord, but it's a huge hassle to not be able to do it in your own garage with all your tools at hand.
- djrogers 11y agoA pair of jack stands and a floor jack are all you need to change your brakes anywhere with enough space to park your car...
- sokoloff 11y agoMuch of Cambridge and Somerville are parallel street parking only, which makes it impractical to change your brakes with street traffic passing by. (If the off-street parking that you have is required by zoning, as opposed to optional, you are prohibited by Zoning article 6.21 from doing non-emergency repairs in such a space. This applies mostly to condo and apartment developments, and not to most single-family residences.)
- yason 11y agoBeen doing all repairs on my cars all my life――if only practical and doable in a parking spot. Learned from repair manuals and mostly by disassembling and reassembling myself. Using outdoors space is a bit limited with fluids, when working underneath the car, and for longer repairs. But because I really like doing mechanical work and because I also want to avoid becoming a bitter old man who never got to do enough fun stuff beyond coding I bought a private garage with enough space for installing a car lift. I can then do multi-day repairs and enable myself to do practically anything I ever want on my cars. And yes, to maintain my motorcycle as well. Yeah, it's a bit of an investment but as a city-dweller I'm not able to enjoy the benefit of a regular garage in a detached house.